How To Install libgnokii7 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgnokii7 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libgnokii7
libgnokii7 is:
Gnokii is a suite of programs that allows communication with mobile phones. It currently supports many Nokia mobile phones, all AT capable ones as well as many Symbian based. For a list of compatible phones, please visit: http://wiki.gnokii.org
This package provides the library used by the gnokii suite to communicate with the phones.
There are three methods to install libgnokii7 on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libgnokii7 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libgnokii7 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgnokii7
Install libgnokii7 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgnokii7 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgnokii7
Install libgnokii7 Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libgnokii7 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgnokii7
How To Uninstall libgnokii7 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libgnokii7 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgnokii7
Uninstall libgnokii7 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgnokii7 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgnokii7
Remove libgnokii7 Configurations and Data
To remove libgnokii7 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgnokii7
Remove libgnokii7 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgnokii7 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgnokii7
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgnokii7 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
